Standing power figure "nkisi nduda" ·  D. R. Congo, Bakongo · ID: 3040705

Description

wood, shiny reddish brown patina, remains of pigments, eyes inset with mirror glass, fez-like headgear, min. dam., fine crack at the left, base;
as soon as the magical material “bilongo” was inserted by the witchdoctor, the object was considered to be “magically loaded” and its power “nkisi” could be activated by certain incantations.

The object Standing power figure “nkisi nduda” with the object ID 3040705 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 368 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.

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